BEIJING: The person at the centre of an illegal vaccine scandal in China had been sentenced for similar crimes but was allowed to re-offend after being given a suspended sentence, the head of a food and drug watchdog told a news conference.
The case, involving as much as US$90mil (RM369mil) of illegal trades of vaccines through a black market drugs ring, has ignited public ire and underscored regulatory weaknesses in the world’s second largest pharmaceuticals market.
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